After opening the
Pandora’s Box and traveling back in time, Joker (Stephen Chow) has lost the Box
to Zixia (Athena Chu) an immortal fairy. After becoming her servant, he by
accident removes her sword out of its scabbard, and the fairy falls in love
with him due to her promise to marry the one that pulls it out. Joker on the
other hand refuses to accept his fate to become the Monkey King as he only
wants the Box back so he can save Bak Jing Jing (Karen Mok). Him refusing her
makes her leave him – with a broken heart.

In the past, he
manages to interrupt Guan Yin’s judgment by saving his master (Law Kar Ying),
and unfortunately send him through time. Now with no Box he tries to hide from
the upcoming storm, and meets the Longevity Monk again – who has been
travelling through time. Unfortunately, he has lost Pandora’s Box, and they get
caught by the Bull King, also a demon, wanting to become immortal by eating the
Monk. Now Joker needs to save himself so he can find the Box, but can he defy
his fate of becoming the Monkey King?

This second part is
a direct continuance from the first movie. The difference is that it introduces
new characters, and focuses a bit more on the overall story rather than the
characters. Not that it is a bad thing, but the characters become second to the
story, which the first movie didn’t do. Though it felt more like a movie rather
than an introduction. So, it progressed as a chronological story.

I did not mention
in the other review about the acting as I didn’t know whether their acting was
bad or good, due to the comedy and weirdness of the movie. But seeing this one
I realized the acting was quite good. Even though the subtitles I had for the
movie were horrible, I understood each character because of their movements.
They were acting with their entire bodies! This made me enjoy the acting more.

The bad part of
this movie which I didn’t notice in the first (I rarely notice things though),
was the wires. I noticed the wires used to pull the actors in the air. The ones
they use when the actors are supposed to jump really high (superpowers) or fly
(again superpowers). It’s only a little part of the movie though, but still it
made me facepalm myself.

So all in all: a
funny and well-acted movie, with few technical issues.